Removing A Trussed Roof

The type of truss 1 directly ties to the kind of roof you want your home to have.

Removing a trussed roof. A friend of mine who was a structural engineer explained to me that the cost to the builder would have been significantly more if he had built the roof with a large open space. Even though truss roofs may appear to be harder to convert there are still ways around them. For a 2 000 square foot home roof truss installation typically costs between 7 200 and 12 000 you ll spend anywhere from 1 50 to 4 50 per square foot for materials alone or between 35 and 150 though extremely long and complex types can reach 400 each labor runs anywhere from 20 to 75 per hour ranges in both materials and labor are due to location size and roof complexity. Dangle the bob over the line at one end of the attic with the string against the lower edge of the rafter until it stops moving.

Most builders prefer to use pre made truss. Just as hipped roofs require hip trusses 1 you need a specific truss 1 to accommodate many different designs. Attic trusses have a rectangular shape inside each truss. Roof trusses going in all directions made the space very difficult to use.

Remember any alterations to a roof should be undertaken only with an engineer. Gable the gable is the most common roof type. I have this above my own garage. The first step when removing a wood roof truss is to disassemble the existing roof that is causing a load upon the truss.

Adjust the bob until it is directly over the line and still. Use a plumb bob on a string to find the point on the upper cords or rafters of your trusses directly above the line. However if you want to better utilize the space in your loft you may consider changing roof trusses and going for stick framing or rafters instead. When taking the roofing materials off be sure to extend the path of demolishing to each existing truss on each side of the damaged one.

This can easily be accomplished by using a hammer and a crowbar. It s imperative that the roof structure and loft floor is given alternative support so the structure will need to be replaced rather than the trusses simply removed. An open space would have been much more practical. Look at this photo of the space created by attic trusses at my home.

If the roof slope is steeper than 9 inches in 12 inches of run it doesn t take much width to end up with a nice room 12 feet wide with an 8 foot ceiling.